Bye, Conkeror!

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

Unless there are objections, I’ll push the patch below.  For the record,
Conkeror has been broken (it “builds” but cannot run) since we upgraded
IceCat to 60.x in commit e67ad5532f76b53e955149da2f1e237696ff0893 in
September.

I’m sad to see Conkeror go, but OTOH Next looks promising.  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index e2cac7ffed..7a19387695 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =                                \
   %D%/packages/commencement.scm                        \
   %D%/packages/compression.scm                 \
   %D%/packages/compton.scm                     \
-  %D%/packages/conkeror.scm                    \
   %D%/packages/conky.scm                       \
   %D%/packages/connman.scm                     \
   %D%/packages/cook.scm                                \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/conkeror.scm b/gnu/packages/conkeror.scm
deleted file mode 100644
index 6145dbf445..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/conkeror.scm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2014 Cyrill Schenkel <address@hidden>
-;;; Copyright © 2014, 2015 Eric Bavier <address@hidden>
-;;; Copyright © 2016 John J. Foerch <address@hidden>
-;;;
-;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
-;;;
-;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
-;;; your option) any later version.
-;;;
-;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
-;;;
-;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-(define-module (gnu packages conkeror)
-  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
-  #:use-module (guix packages)
-  #:use-module (guix download)
-  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages gnuzilla))
-
-(define-public conkeror
-  (package
-    (name "conkeror")
-    (version "1.1.0")
-    (source (origin
-              (method url-fetch)
-              (uri
-               (string-append "http://repo.or.cz/conkeror.git/snapshot/";
-                              version ".tar.gz"))
-              (file-name (string-append name "-" version ".tar.gz"))
-              (sha256
-               (base32
-                "0jz216mjwis7f03j98s4wkcrrq2j3f41fb2y47a5qszc340zhdzv"))))
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
-    (inputs `(("icecat" ,icecat)))
-    (arguments
-     `(#:tests? #f                      ;no tests
-       #:make-flags `("CC=gcc"
-                      ,(string-append "PREFIX=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (delete 'configure)
-         (add-after
-          'install 'install-app-launcher
-          (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
-            ;; This overwrites the installed launcher, which execs xulrunner,
-            ;; with one that execs 'icecat --app'
-            (let* ((out      (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
-                   (datadir  (string-append out "/share/conkeror"))
-                   (launcher (string-append out "/bin/conkeror")))
-              (call-with-output-file launcher
-                (lambda (p)
-                  (format p "#!~a/bin/bash
-exec ~a/bin/icecat --app ~a \"address@hidden"~%"
-                          (assoc-ref inputs "bash") ;implicit input
-                          (assoc-ref inputs "icecat")
-                          (string-append datadir
-                                         "/application.ini"))))
-              (chmod launcher #o555)))))))
-    (synopsis "Keyboard focused web browser with Emacs look and feel")
-    (description "Conkeror is a highly-programmable web browser based on
-Mozilla XULRunner which is the base of all Mozilla products including Firefox.
-Conkeror has a sophisticated keyboard system for running commands and
-interacting with web page content, modelled after Emacs and Lynx.  It is
-self-documenting and extensible with JavaScript.
-
-It comes with builtin support for several Web 2.0 sites like several Google
-services (Search, Gmail, Maps, Reader, etc.), Del.icio.us, Reddit, Last.fm and
-YouTube.  For easier editing of form fields, it can spawn external editors.")
-    (home-page "http://conkeror.org";)
-    ;; Conkeror is triple licensed.
-    (license (list
-              ;; MPL 1.1 -- this license is not GPL compatible
-              license:gpl2
-              license:lgpl2.1))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
index 74845ef239..bb7fda24e6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnuzilla.scm
@@ -903,3 +903,8 @@ features built-in privacy-protecting features.")
      `((ftp-directory . "/gnu/gnuzilla")
        (cpe-name . "firefox_esr")
        (cpe-version . ,(first (string-split version #\-)))))))
+
+(define-public conkeror
+  ;; The Conkeror web browser relied on XULRunner, which IceCat > 50 no longer
+  ;; provides.  See <http://conkeror.org> for the original web page.
+  (deprecated-package "conkeror" icecat))